Why I won't be cheering for Shahid Afridi anymore

[Leader]

Who gave -6 ? I am wondering how the good posters get so much -ve points!! You, Pak-marine all cultivating -ve points, even though you guys are most sensible PDFians!

Seriously did you read the comments? imagine being a girl and working with such minds around her...they are not even allowing her to have an opinion !

 

[godofwar]

Let's welcome the fairer ones

@Marshmallow @Spring Onion @levina - padhariye

And @cheekybird too

 

[cheekybird]

I do and will always cheer for afridi

 

[Levina]

@levina - padhariye

My signature says it all....

I hate ppl who can not respect women.
I used to cheer for Afridi but not anymore....No more 10 number jersey for me.

 

[my2cents]

what about in india? how is the situation of women their?

Just in my extended family we have 3 doctors, 2 engineers, 1 accountant, 2 business women and 1 teacher. All are still working except for two who quit after having kids.

None in sports.

 

[SpArK]

His life @ ground is different from life @ outside.

He will be cheered for the thrills and entertainment he provides in sports.

All other things are secondary and his personal comments and opinions doesnt matter much.

 

[45'22']

whats that video all about????what did he say
@SarthakGanguly dada

 

[audi]

In my opinion, he could have just answered "No" to the women's cricket question. But the fact that he answered "Our women are good cooks", thereby clearly implying that women should only be cooks in the household, is very insulting. All the people in this thread saying he said nothing wrong are supporting textbook sexism.

 

[Chak Bamu]

If her hubby is a dog than what does that make her is a question worth asking.

Her views are probably a psychological self-defense mechanism. Anything for propping a hurt ego.... With views like those, she is probably single.

 

[audi]

whats that video all about????what did he say
@SarthakGanguly dada

 

[cheekybird]

His life @ ground is different from life @ outside.

He will be cheered for the thrills and entertainment he provides in sports.

All other things are secondary and his personal comments and opinions doesnt matter much.

True very true

 

[Levina]

All other things are secondary and his personal comments and opinions doesnt matter much.

It matters...their personal life does matter.
Let me name a few Kevin Peterson...Shane Warne...Symonds...all of them came under scrutiny when their personal statements and personal lives went over board.

 

[Leader]

Finally a liberal voice from Pakistan, I was waiting for this.

Yar Im not liberal or conservative, I am just trying to say what is right..

one- Im fan of Shahid Afridi's cricket

two- he can have his tribal mentality spoken & share with the world, as he believes what he says to be true. which ofcourse is a very narrow narrative combined with conservative Islamic views and pukhtoonwali code of life.. hence women are nothing more than slaves in this type of mindset.

three- If he can, why cannot an educated(unlike shahid afridi) working woman opinionate her views, when clearly she is on the right as well?

clearly shahid afridi has effect on people, like Alia Chughtai says in her article, and you can clearly see in the posts or they were probably raised like that by their respective mothers, worth not more than cooks as Shadi Afridi said...

 

[Levina]

That idiot!!!!
I had not seen his video....I regret having cheered for a guy with such regressive mentality.

 

[audi]

It matters...their personal life does matter.
Let me name a few Kevin Peterson...Shane Warne...Symonds...all of them came under scrutiny when their personal statements and personal lives went over board.

Well thankfully levina ji, his views only affect Pakistani women, so Indian women have nothign to worry about!

Also, I must say, kind of surprised that a (relatively) rich cricketer like him who has been all around the world said something like this. You would expect someone like him to be more mature, and have a more liberal view of things. But if even Pakistani elites (which tend to be liberal) are like this, I wonder how normal Pakistanis might be

That idiot!!!!
I had not seen his video....I regret having cheered for a guy with such regressive mentality.

Well thankfully levina ji, his views only affect Pakistani women, so Indian women have nothign to worry about!

Also, I must say, kind of surprised that a (relatively) rich cricketer like him who has been all around the world said something like this. You would expect someone like him to be more mature, and have a more liberal view of things. But if even Pakistani elites (which tend to be liberal) are like this, I wonder how normal Pakistanis might be